Short-Media downtime

Lincoln Russell 1 Jun, 2007 at 11:45am ET Article published in Tech

In order to merge the Short-Media and Icrontic databases, we will be taking both forums offline tonight around 10pm EST. After fully backing up all our databases and files, we will begin the merge. We expect the process will take approximately two hours if everything goes smoothly; one for the complete backups, one for merging and testing. This puts the finish time at around midnight.

We will bring the forums back online before relaunching the main page to minimize our downtime. Expect periodic errors and inconsistent formatting between the time the forums come back online and Saturday evening as we finish the transition. Thanks for your patience!

If you are registered on both sites, PLEASE make sure you are using the same e-mail address on both sites before 10pm EST!

Comments

1 Jun 2007 ~ 8:36pm Linc About an hour now... join us in IRC if you get lonely or want to hear me cursing about the progress
1 Jun 2007 ~ 9:25pm Qeldroma Someone has to say it:

Farewell, Short-Media
1 Jun 2007 ~ 9:42pm QCH Love you guys and Long Live Short-Media... You had a nice run. Time for the next generation of ICRONTIC!!! :headbange
1 Jun 2007 ~ 9:54pm Linc As I prepare to shut down Short-Media for the last time, all I can think is...

... omfg this had better work!
1 Jun 2007 ~ 10:00pm Kwitko It will, Keebs. You are the man.
2 Jun 2007 ~ 1:34am Linc I decided to turn the board back on before finishing because I'm behind schedule.

Permissions, forums, and threads should all be correct. Search will probably not work complete (it will only find like half the results for now).

User accounts did not merge correctly. Also, Icrontic avatars don't work. Otherwise, everything went smoothly I hope.

Still working, patience as I bumble about.
2 Jun 2007 ~ 1:46am primesuspect you deserve a pat on the back
2 Jun 2007 ~ 2:11am Trogan I loved SM, but exciting times are ahead.
2 Jun 2007 ~ 2:44am Leonardo The new, merged site just appeared. Well done, Keebs!

I loved SM, but exciting times are ahead.

Trogan, Icrontic and Short-Media are one and the same. Icrontic is our legacy. Were it not for Apushardware and Icrontic, there would not have been a Short-Media. It's our roots.
2 Jun 2007 ~ 5:51am AuthorityAction Wow, the front page looks amazing. Mad props to Keebs, Prime, and anyone else involved!
2 Jun 2007 ~ 9:20am Kwitko I dig the new paint job.
2 Jun 2007 ~ 10:18am QCH Nice work....
2 Jun 2007 ~ 11:45am Ultra-Nexus I missed Icrontic for a long time...

Thanks for the good work!
3 Jun 2007 ~ 9:26pm scorpiontheater Long live SM!!!!

A toast to I!!!!

We appreciate your hard work guys!!!!